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use sb. (obsolete or archaic uses)
1. habitual practice, custom Meas. I. iv. 62 “use and liberty” (=licentious practice), Mer.V. IV. i. 269 “it is still her” (viz. Fortune's) “use To let the wretched man outlive his wealth,” All'sW. V. i. 24 “with more haste Than is his use,” Tim. I. i. 292 “a return exceeding All use of quittance,” Oth. IV. i. 285 “Is it his use?” ; pl. usages, ways Ham. I. ii. 134 “all the uses of this world,” Oth. IV. iii. 107 (Q1 “vsage”).
2. common experience Cæs. II. ii. 25 “beyond all use,” III. i. 265 “so in use” (=of such common occurrence), Mac. I. iii. 137 “Against the use of nature.”
3. profit, advantage John V. iv. 27 “What in the world should make me now deceive, Since I must lose the use of all deceit?,” H8 III. ii. 421 “make use” (=take advantage of the opportunity).
4. interest on something lent Meas. I. i. 40, Ado II. i. 290 “he lent it me awhile; and I gave him use for it,” Sonn. vi. 5, cxxxiv. 10; phr. “put to use” Tw.N. III. i. 58, Ven. 768.
5. need Tim. II. i. 20 “My uses cry to me,” III. ii. 41, V. i. 211, Cym. IV. iv. 7.
6. “in use,” in trust Mer.V. IV. i. 384, Ant. I. iii. 44*.
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